Getting Started

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Your SANmelody™ software will remain running for a 30-day pre-activation grace period.  After 30 days of use, it will cease to run. If you have purchased a permanent license, at any time, before or after the 30 day grace period, you may register your copy of SANmelody software.  When you activate your permanent license, the 30-day grace period timer will be removed, allowing your SANmelody software to run indefinitely. To activate your permanent SANmelody software license, see instructions in Activate a Permanent License.

Using SANmelody Software

Open the SANmelody software interface from Start>Programs>DataCore Software>SANmelody or from the DataCore icon  located in the system tray.

All of the enhanced Disk Services available in SANmelody software are configured from an extended set of MMC snap-ins in Windows Computer Management under the Storage component. For more information, refer to SANmelody Snap-ins Overview.

To learn the basics of SAN and SANmelody software terminology and concepts, as well as planning and best practices:

• Review the Understanding Basics chapter, as necessary.

• Review the Planning a SAN Configuration section for useful information when planning and configuring your SAN.

Before you begin configuring your SAN:

• Take a moment to review Making and Applying Configuration Changes to learn some basics that you will use often in the SANmelody software.

• Review Naming Conventions for guidelines in naming SAN components.

Now Let’s Get Started!

Follow the steps below in order. Click on the links in each step to view the instructions for that procedure.

After completing the instructions in each procedure, return to this topic to follow the next procedure.

Steps	Procedure
1	Starting SANmelody
2	If you have purchased a permanent SANmelody software license, activate the license. Activating a Permanent License
3	If licensed to use the optional High Availability (HA) feature, configure a storage server partnership: Configuring for High Availability
4	Prepare physical disks to be managed by SANmelody software: Review Preparing Physical Disks for Management for important information. The preparation of disks is different if using the NMV feature. Follow the instructions for the appropriate method: If licensed to use the optional NMV feature, refer to Preparing Disks for NMV Pools. If not using the NMV feature, refer to: Discovering and Partitioning Physical Disks Placing Partitioned Disks Under SANmelody Control
5	If using iSCSI in your SAN, setup the connections: Establishing Initiator/Target Connections for iSCSI
6	For each application server requiring storage resources, you will define an application server and assign available channels to the application server: Gathering Application Server Port Information Adding Application Servers to the SAN
7	If licensed to use the optional  NMV feature: Creating NMV Pools and Adding Disks Creating NMVs from Pools
8	Create virtual volumes to use as storage resources for application servers: Creating Linear Virtual Volumes If using the HA feature, create virtual volume mirrors and enable multipathing. Mirrors are created by adding a volume to an existing linear; one volume from both servers in a partnership. (This can be performed from either storage server.) Refer to Create Virtual Volume Mirrors.
9	If licensed to use the optional Snapshot feature: Getting Started with Snapshot
10	If licensed to use the optional AIM feature: Getting Started with AIM

The Help opens to this topic automatically the first time you use SANmelody software. You can enable or disable showing the Help on start-up by right-clicking the DataCore icon in the system tray and clearing the selection to Show Help on Start-up from the shortcut menu.

NOTE:  Please review all topics in the SANmelody Help for a complete understanding of the SANmelody software.

Getting Started